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The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Enjoyed Both Book & Movie
Having read every one of Trevanian's books except for The Main (It's out of print and my library doesn't carry it.), I thoroughly enjoyed Clint Eastwood's performance as Jonathan Hemlock. I saw the movie during it's original theatrical release and try to see it when it's on the various and sundry cable channels.
George Kennedy plays the best friend / trainer role to perfection. When he informs Jonathan that they have beer available his line "I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid. I put it into your pack." I almost fall out of the chair at Jonathan's reaction.
Jack Cassidy plays the snake / villain that everyone knows he was capable of being.
Good movie, great dialog and an excellent ending. Read the book first, and enjoy the movie.
Cesta do pravyeku (1955)
Chicago TV Standard
Chicago has always had a rich tradition of children's programming. In the days before Sesame Street and the Electronic Company, as a child growing up in the 60's in Chicago, there were multiple shows to watch when coming home from school in the afternoon. 'The Three Stooges', 'Dick Tracy', 'BJ and The Dirty Dragon', and others would regularly draw us away from our homework to the TV set to fascinate us with cartoons, jokes, skits and the like.
This movie, split up into a serialized segments, was played quite often on the afternoon WGN TV show 'Garfield Goose and Friends'. Host Frazier Thomas would introduce the day's serial by having us look into 'The Little Theatre Screen' and we would sit raptly, following the adventures of four time travelers.
Fun stuff, and the stop-animation is terrific. It's not 'Citizen Kane', but good storytelling nonetheless.